2018.2

Background color and/or image
In any type of template, boxes, tables and table cells can have a background color and/or a
background image.
To select a background image or color:
1.
Right-click the box and click Box on the shortcut menu.
2. Alternatively, select the box (see "Selecting an element" on page550; note that a Box is a
<div> element) and on the Format menu click Box.
3.
Click the Background tab.
To define a background color:
Click the downward pointing arrow next to Color to select a color from the list of predefined
colors (see "Background color and/or image" above).
Alternatively, click the small rectangle to the right of the color list to open the Color Picker
dialog. In this dialog you can select a color from the color wheel. You can also choose the color
mode: RGB or CMYK. For an explanation of these two modes, see "Background color and/or
image" above; for an explanation of the other options in this dialog, see "Color Picker" on
page786.
You could also type a name or value in the Color field directly. It must be a valid color name
(see color names on w3schools), a hexadecimal color code (see w3school's color picker), RGB
color value, for example
rgb(216,255,170)
or CMYK color value, for example
cmyk(15%, 0%, 33%, 0%)
.
To select a background image:
1.
Click the Select Image button.
2.
Click Resources, Disk or Url, depending on where the image is located.
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Resources lists the images that are present in the Images folder on the Resources
pane.
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Disk lists image files that reside in a folder on a hard drive that is accessible from
your computer. Click the Browse button to select a folder (or an image in a folder).
As an alternative it is possible to enter the path manually. The complete syntax
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